Protective shield for hair waving



Feb. 28, 1928. 1,660,566

c. NESSLER' PROTECTIVE SHIELD FOR HAIR WAVING Filed Dec. 22, 1925 IN VENTOR.

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' Application. fiIe'd- December 22', 1925; Serial Ito. 76975.

invention rel atesiinl eneral tothe art y o r oi wavlng' growing hair onthe "head which:

' is now so; extensively practiced in processes for producing aso-called permanent wave in the hair. 1211 these: processes, the coiledhair'inwetted condition is inserted in an electric heater and? the heatis applied and usually reaches the temperature oi'boili'ng water. Withsuch a high degree ofheat some protection had tobe provided. for thescalp at the head and this resulted in the heretofore use of many;different forms of devices for this purpose.

; said prior devices, thereare certain draw-' backs, suchastheengagement of the device with the steaming tube or the heater inmore or lesssecure manner, thereby preventingeasy and quick separationof the same; also the non-centering of the coiled hair-- strand in theheater, so that the hair is; pressed against one sifd'e' of the interiorof thehe'ater and thereby becomes overheated g and the majority of suchprior 'dev-i'c'es are complicated in constructure and expensl ve tomanufacture; and furthermore many of them cannot: be quickly appliedand" removed from operative position.

In my improved scalp protector, li'seek to overcome theabove stateddrawbacks in this class of devices, and I provide a self-retainingdevice of'sott absorbent material which is capable oh being quicklypressed around the strand 7 or tress-of hair and thereby caused to hugthe same under pressure and cling thereto inoperative position, so as toform an elfec'tive closure for the heater,- at the same time leaving thewound" strandof hair with its curler free to center'itselfjinthetubul'ar heater and also free to'be easily and" quickly withdrawn endwise from the heater in any emergency where I the hairis to be: freedfrom the waving appliances without delay. Another'important" advantage;of my improved device is" its selit'5ad usting capacity, undersqueezingcompression so that the passage way forthe hairstrand is lined"with soft ma terial' and hugs "the hair-strand with a} grip su'iicientto hold the device in place, irrespective ofthe crosssectional size orarea of the encompassed hairstrand. Furthermore, my device is: of anabsorbent character readily taking up all at h quid" h h. might bedischarge fr m h S aming be'o heater.- here are other advantages,possessed by my in many of the" pro vements which will hereinafterappear from the detailed description thereofi I have illustrated a type015 my invention in the aecompanying drawings, wherein;

Fig; 1,- shows a side elevation of an ordi nary tubular electric-heater,with the inner or head-end broken away and a curler with a wound strandoff hair thereon shown as arranged inside the hca-ter.- and my improvedprotector placed around the hair-strand outside of the heater and "in.contact. with theopen end thereoi. v i V Fig. 2, shows a plan: view-of mprotector, detached and in open condition; Fig. 3', shows a horizontalsectional, view of the improved protector andshowsthe protector closedaround a hair-strand which is shown as passing through the device. Fig;5, i-s-a similar View to that in Fig-.323; but in closed condition;

Referring to the drawings, 1- indicates: an ordinary tubular electricheater, in which is inserted for the purpose of wavingit, a strand ofhair 2', which is twisted or wou'nd' around a, curler-rod: 3 to whichthe hair strahd is; secured bya tied" piece; of cord 4:, 65tpoint' nearthe scalpwhich. is indicated a I My improved device, which; may be;considered as acombined protective pad? and clip, iscomposed' of apieceof wire ,6, con,- voluted or twisted on itself, and which is" hereshown in t-heform of the letter with the" central bend. at 7, and thefree ends turnedinwardlyon themselves M58, .87, where wire form arepreferably all" in the samehorizontal plane to make it substantiallyflat; The central bend" 7, provides a deep passage way or fork 9,}, forthe, strand of hair they terminated The: various strands of the V 2, topass through. The wire, which may a fercibl y spreading; he, pro gsapart after I h y h e been sque ed; oge enias shown n gs- 1, 4i-and.o

' The wire frame 6, is covered in any suit able manner with an absorbentcovering or envelope 10, whlch'may be made of any suitable well knownmaterial, such as Woven absorbent fabric, or asbestos, orasbestossorptive capacity for the same.

wool, or a mixture of cotton and asbestos;

This jacket 10, is of substantial thickness so as to give considerablebulk and mass to the device and also to afford ample b- This softmaterial 10, is here shown in the convenient form of a woven tubethrough which the wire is passed so that it is completely housedthereby. In constructing the device the wire maybe cut to length instraight condition or form and then passed into a cut'length of thehousing 10, and the same 7 then bent into the peculiar W-shaped form asshown, and the central limbs secured. together near. one end at thepoints 11 and 12, (by stitching in the present instance), andnear theother end at point 13, (like wise by stitching). This arrangement provides aflat p'ad structure which is snugly closed. along the lines ofcontact between the bent stretches of the limbs, and leaves an open gapor passage 9, into which the hairstrand is passed laterally to apply thedeice. The dimensions of the protector or pad are such astomorept-hancover theopen end of the heater 1, and to lease considerable of anoverhang beyond the same, as indicated inFig. 1, andthe precaution istaken to have closed all joints or seams in the pad which fall withinthe area of the mouth of the bore of the heater,in order to provide aclosure for the mouth.

It will benoted that the described structure provides a pad or closurehaving a fork of substantial size for receiving the hairstrand, so thatthe open device may be applied to the hair-strand by a lateral movementof the device at right-angles tothe hair-strand until the latter isseated in the crotch of the fork, whereupon, the prongs or jaws,indicated at ltand 15, are squeezed together and closed, and thisserves'to compress the .soft prongs against the hair- I strand, so thatit iscompacted and held underthe tension of this compression. This sealsthe passage around the hair-strand and causes the pad to grip thehair-strand and maintain itself closed and. in position on thehair-strand. I r

I In Fig. 1, I show how the hair-strand extends through the pad after itis squeezed byihand into closed position. In Fig. 1, I

show the pad. protector as applied to the K as hair-strand during thewaving process by means of the heater 1. The pad device may be quicklymountedin place on the hairstrand, after the same is wound on andsecuredto the curler-rod, either before or after the heater is'applied. It'isplaced between the open end of the heater and the scalp as shown in Fig.1, and if preferredin some cases an additional protection maybe providedby using any one of the well known forms of fiber-shields between thepad and the scalp, but I do not deem this necessary;

The protectorisjreadily dismounted by seizing the prongs 14: and 15,with the finconfined hair-strand.

It will be observed, that the curler 3, tends to center itself in'thebore of the heater and when centered thatrthe hair-strand 2, at themouth of the bore is'slightly off center. As my protector is onlyattached to gers and spreading them open to release the the hair-strand,the curler is free to center itself and this shifts the pad slightly toone side as indicated in Fig. 1. The protector being unattached to the.heater, the device may together-with the curlerand wound hair-strand beeasily and rapidly pulled out fromthe heater, in case of accident, andthis'is particularly true with an improved form'of curler devisedIby-meandwhichis providedat its outer end with a yielding device which makesfrictional contact with:

the interior of the bore ofthe heater and also servesto center thecurler at its outer end. 1

The soft character of the encompassing V jaws of the device also protectthe sur rounded strand'of hair from mutilation in addition to making aclose. fit: around the,

same, when grippedinplace. The pliability of the clamping parts of theprotector is such that they may be easily squeezed by hand intoclosedposition around the halr strand and it automatically fits the strandwhether it be of small or large cross-sectional area. The wire may be ofany; suitable well known material which will notspringback when.distorted and as the, device may be used more. than once withoutdestruction, it is advisable to use a rustless wire, and copper or asuitable alloymay be employed. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent.is:

1. A-scalp protectorfor use inwaving hair on the head by means of-aheater-in which a strand of hair is placed'for a heat' ing operation,comprisinga disk ofsubstant1a1 heat-screening areav of soft materialhaving embedded therein a member capable of being bent or distorted andof retaining covered thereby and formed into a substantially fiat bodyof an external diameter not.

substantially less than that of the abutting end of the heater andcapable of beingbent around a strand of hair in gripping contacttherewith and normal thereto and retain itself in place thereon.

3. A scalp protector for use in Waving hair on the head by means of aheater in which a strand of hair is placed for a heating operation,comprising pliable absorbent material wholly or partlymade of asbestos,

' and forming a flat body of substantial heatscreening surface and aflexible member arranged in said material and capable of being bent andretaining its bent form, said device being formed with jaws forreceiving a strand of hair therein, said wire being arranged to closesaid jaws circumferentially around the contained hair-strand when thejaws are compressed. I v I 4. A scalp protector for use in waving hair,comprlslng a flexible WlI'QCOVelQd with absorbent material and formedW-shaped substantially so that the central bend thereof provides a deepfork the prongs of which are adapted to encompass a strand of hair.

5. A scalp protector for use invwaving hair on the head byimeans of aheater which a strand of hair is placed for heating operation,consisting in a substantially flat compressible body of substantialheat-screen forcibly compressed circumferentially around the insertedhair-strand and of retaining itself in gripping relation thereto.

6. A scalp protector for use in Waving hair on the head by means of aheater in which a strand ofhair is entered for heat thereon by grippingaction, the said body mg area and provided with a hair-strand recelvmgopening and capable of belng being absorbent and having capacity to takeupa substantially amount'offluid escaping from the heater.

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7 CHARLES NESSLER.

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